[liberationtech] [NDIA Listserv] Uplifting article - Road to Hire -- Charlotte, NC, tech training job initiative

[Pat Millen]

E2D has been very proud to have a few of our kids go right from our
Re-Image CLT labs to Road2Hire and then on to great IT jobs.

As a matter of fact, one of our Lab Techs is going to be going to UNC
Charlotte this coming week as a first-year, courtesy of a full scholarship
provided by the incredibly generous, Ric Elias of Red Ventures.

I.T. is one of the few pure meritocracies.  Nobody cares who your Momma is
or where your Daddy went to church.  All they are looking for are smart,
ambitious and hardworking prospects.  The rest works out brilliantly.

This sort of workforce development is intense and quite expensive, but the
lives that are altered are changed forever for the positive.

Proud to be a partner with these good folks.

Pat

On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 10:20 AM Phil Shapiro <pshapiro at his.com> wrote:

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> https://www.charlotteagenda.com/228149/a-hand-up-58-people-just-became-charlottes-newest-software-engineers-and-developers-in-six-months/
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> https://twitter.com/RicElias/status/1294304654659026946
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> https://twitter.com/RoadtoHire
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> https://roadtohire.org/
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> https://twitter.com/TechTalentSouth
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S.G. Pat Millen
E2D - Eliminate the Digital Divide, Founder/President
PO Box 1299
Davidson, NC 28036
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